“During the surgery, Mr Richards finds one PIP implant to be severely ruptured. It had been detected as a rupture, but it was split into three, with the silicone within physically falling out of the implant upon removal – making it one of the worst splits we have ever found in any of our PIP replacement patients. The other implant had a small rupture, which would have steadily become worse had it not been replaced.

Mr Richards looks at the batch numbers of the PIPs and analyses them after the surgery, looking in depth at the rupture points of the implants”